sabayon
noun
sa·ba·yon
sä-bä-ˈyōⁿ 
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: a sauce of egg yolks, wine, and savory seasonings (such as mustard or pepper)
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That roster includes dishes like foie gras truffle with charred onion jam and a house croissant; a wild boar belly and antelope with pistachio, fermented harissa, and yogurt; and an Asian pear sorbet with aloe sabayon and ginger tapioca.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
The dish was a two-part affair: on one side was a ceramic bowl filled with exceedingly fresh yellowtail, topped with a ginger sabayon and a generous quenelle of caviar.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Wagyu beef tartare topped with pickled shallot, sherry vinegar, truffle, horseradish sabayon, served with tallow toast.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Finish with artful desserts by Pastry Chef Salvatore Martone, including a strawberry chantilly rose with pistachio sable and a silky white chocolate sabayon with salted caramel.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
That Basque butter cake though, exquisitely rich on its own, crowned recently with a blueberry compote and plated on a prosecco sabayon cloud, stands as the perfect dessert of choice, and will change seasonally.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Desserts include a French-style sablé biscuit with pear and custard-like sabayon incorporating Madeira wine.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The accompanying fricassee of springy morel mushrooms and fava beans will be served with a sesame oil sabayon, an intriguing-sounding sauce that marries the Asian flavor of sesame with a classic French preparation typically found in the dessert course.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
For dessert, share a warm decadent chocolate sabayon with extra virgin olive oil, cognac and crushed frozen raspberry ($10) or a vanilla bean pavlova with coconut cream and passionfruit curd ($11).
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2024
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
The dish was a two-part affair: on one side was a ceramic bowl filled with exceedingly fresh yellowtail, topped with a ginger sabayon and a generous quenelle of caviar.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Wagyu beef tartare topped with pickled shallot, sherry vinegar, truffle, horseradish sabayon, served with tallow toast.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Finish with artful desserts by Pastry Chef Salvatore Martone, including a strawberry chantilly rose with pistachio sable and a silky white chocolate sabayon with salted caramel.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
That Basque butter cake though, exquisitely rich on its own, crowned recently with a blueberry compote and plated on a prosecco sabayon cloud, stands as the perfect dessert of choice, and will change seasonally.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Desserts include a French-style sablé biscuit with pear and custard-like sabayon incorporating Madeira wine.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The accompanying fricassee of springy morel mushrooms and fava beans will be served with a sesame oil sabayon, an intriguing-sounding sauce that marries the Asian flavor of sesame with a classic French preparation typically found in the dessert course.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
For dessert, share a warm decadent chocolate sabayon with extra virgin olive oil, cognac and crushed frozen raspberry ($10) or a vanilla bean pavlova with coconut cream and passionfruit curd ($11).
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Sabayon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sabayon. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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